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MYSTERIES   OF   POLICE
AND   CRIME
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WATCH HOUSE AND WATCHMEN A CENTURY AGO.  (From a Contemporary Print by Rowlandson and Pugin.)
WATCH HOUSE AND WATCHMEN A CENTURY AGO.
(From a Contemporary Print by Rowlandson and Pugin.)
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Mysteries
OF
Police   and   Crime

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BY
Major ARTHUR GRIFFITHS
FORMERLY ONE OF H.M. INSPECTORS OF PRISONS; JOHN HOWARD GOLD
MEDALLIST; AUTHOR OF “MEMORIALS OF MILLBANK,” “CHRONICLES OF
NEWGATE,” ETC.

PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED

IN THREE VOLUMES

VOL. I.

SPECIAL EDITION

CASSELL AND COMPANY, Limited
LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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colophon
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CONTENTS.
Part I.

A GENERAL SURVEY OF CRIME AND ITS DETECTION.
 
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Crime Distinguished from Law-breaking—The General Liability to Crime—PreventiveAgencies—Plan of the Work—Different Types of Murders and Robberies—CrimeDeveloped by Civilisation—The Police the Shield and Buckler of Society—Difficultyof Disappearing under Modern Conditions—The Press an Aid to the Police: theCases of Courvoisier, Müller, and Lefroy—The Importance of Small Clues—“ManMeasurement” and Finger-Prints—Strong Scents as Clues—Victims of BlindChance: the Cases of Troppmann and Peace—Superstitions of Criminals—Dogsand other Animals as Adjuncts to the Police—Australian Blacks as Trackers:Instances of their Almost Superhuman Skill—How Criminals give themselvesAway: the Murder of M. Delahache, the Stepney Murder, and other Instances—Casesin which there is Strong but not Sufficient Evidence: the Great Coram Streetand Burdell Murders: the Probable I                        
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